Description
First English edition, first issue of Kim by Rudyard Kipling.
Octavo, 413pp, [1], 2pp ads. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, top edge gilt. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Original cloth covers laid in place, with author’s emblem in gilt on front cover. New endpapers. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to original cloth, top edge gilt. Complete with ten full page monochrome plates, including frontispiece protected by tissue guard.
(Richards, A174)
An attractive work.
